Just a note to remind folks that Austin is part of Texas only once every two years, and then for about 5 months. This Austin / Texas juxtaposition coincides with the meeting of the Texas legislature, during which Texas representatives are forced, practically at gun point to enter Austin. During these meetings of the Texas legislature, you'll find the folks in Austin trying atypically to act as Texan as possible. They pull cowboy hats and cowboy boots and bolo ties out of mothball-filled bags in their closets and actually wear them.

The rest of each two year period, you'll find the Austin populace regularly giving the rest of Texas the finger.

Thus the genus of the phenomenon of what folks in the legislature call Austin bashing.